Edward Snowden claims private contractors responsible for US intelligence’s 'creeping authoritarianism'

Edward Snowden claims private contractors responsible for US intelligence’s 'creeping authoritarianism'Whistleblower Edward Snowden, currently promoting a new memoir, has claimed a surge in the use of private contractors by US intelligence agencies, has led to a “creeping authoritarianism”.Against the backdrop of the whistleblower complaint being examined by Congress that alleges Donald Trump pressured the leader of Ukraine to dig up dirt on Joe Biden, the 36-year-old Mr Snowden said private contractors – as he once was – had very few legal prohibitions on what they could do.




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